SoCal Fun Day at the Runway!

[markpetersonii]

Good Day to all!

Alright, as some of you know I am in the Marine Corps and I am stationed on Camp Pendleton.

The Marine Corps Ball is coming up for my unit and we are doing a lot of fundraising to get the price of our tickets down to a much lower price or free for the lower ranks, that will be attending. As of right now, the tickets are $100 a person and we need to get this number lower otherwise a lot of the junior Marines will not be able to attend the great festivities that the Marine Corps Ball has to offer them.

My plan for a fundraiser is what it states in the title; a "SoCal Fun Day at the Runway."

The plan is to have 2 lane drag races down the runway.


Here are some of the ideas that have been brought up for the day so far:

Who: TBD.

When: Saturday, 7 July 2012 (Tentative Date)

Where: MCAS Camp Pendleton, CA

Why: To support our Military and help the Marines of my unit to have a successful Marine Corps Ball.

How: As of now I need names and a phone number, so I can create a list and submit it to my bosses to get this approved.

Cost: Donation of at least $50 per car




This is still in the very beginning stages of planning and I would love any and all support from anyone in the area!

I will be contacting a few motorsport companies in the area to see if they would like to come up and set up a tent so you can see some of their gear or parts.

Please send your contact info to my email: map2_photo@yahoo.com

If you have any ideas or would like to help in the planning process please let me know, as I know I will only be able to handle some of this on my own.

Lucky for me I can work with the Military side a little easier than the Civilian side.

[jeovas19]

This would be great im always in to help out our military


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[markpetersonii]

Thanks! If you could email me, I'll get your name on the list of interested. Thanks a lot!


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[markpetersonii]

Bump!

[markpetersonii]

Bump! Email if you're interested!

[CALL AAA]

Bummer! I will be on RIMPAC!
Good luck with the event.

[vdubdrum]

This would be sick. !!!

[markpetersonii]

Bummer! I will be on RIMPAC!
Good luck with the event.

Dang. Thanks though!

This would be sick. !!!

Thanks, email me if you're interested!

[rysskii3]

This has been talked about when I used to work in Miramar. Awesome.

[markpetersonii]

Anyone know how I can edit my first post? I need to remove some stuff and the little edit link isn't there...

[rysskii3]

Anyone know how I can edit my first post? I need to remove some stuff and the little edit link isn't there...

you cant....

[markpetersonii]

How sad.


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[Rude Jr]

copy it and paste it again with the edits. this seems cool tho!

[markpetersonii]

Just so you guys know, I am still working on details and I will have to contact MCCS (Marine Corps Community Services) tomorrow to make sure there are no lines that I'm crossing that they need to be involved in. They like to have their hands in everything that has to do with outside money coming in.

Total head count so far is 21.

I have this posted on:
- LS1GTO.com
- Luxury4Play.com
- ForeverPontiac.com
- SoCalMuscle.net
- LS1Tech.com
- LS1LT1.com
- MBJunkies.com
- SoCalEuro.com
- CarGathering.com
- GMEternal.com
- G8Board.com

With that said, a lot have said they are interested, however, they have not emailed me with their info to add to the list. If I were to add all of those together we would be closer to 40-45 people.

Thanks for the support guys!

[RBE9]

Interested but how long can the drag race go for? Length of runway?

[Rude Jr]

Interested but how long can the drag race go for? Length of runway?

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and does that $45 get you like a certain number of races or is that just entry fee?

[markpetersonii]

Interested but how long can the drag race go for? Length of runway?

Either 1/2 or 3/4 mile. the runway is just over 6000 feet long, including the over runs.

x2
and does that $45 get you like a certain number of races or is that just entry fee?

$45-50 would be the entry fee. Which can still change between now and then. The way I am trying to have it set up is, do your run and then get back in line if you want.

[markpetersonii]

UPDATE: I have a meeting set up with the Air station SAFETY officer to get all this drawn up to present to the Commanding Officer and to make sure that everything will be covered security and safety wise. Since he is the one that sets up that type of stuff for the motorcycles that have this done, he already knows the routes we need to take.

The meeting is on the 26th. So I won't have much more updates until then.

Unless, does anyone know where I'd be able to rent/borrow the equipment for a Chrstmas tree and a time slip generator for a 3/4 mile drag set up?


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[provenflipper]

This sounds awesome! I would definitely be in.

[V_dUb]

Sounds like this could be alot of fun! hope it works out.